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Good friends Nada Surf have announced 'Standing at the Gates: The Songs of Nada Surf's Let Go', an album of covers by an awesome group of artists including The Long Winters, Aimee Mann, Rogue Wave and many others. The album is part of Nada Surf's 'Let Go' 15th Anniversary and benefits the ACLU and Pablove Foundation.

The Long Winters have covered the track Hi-Speed Soul, and the full, exciting line-up can be found on the Nada Surf website. The album can be pre-ordered now: the digital release is February 2, and the CD will be available March 2, with a vinyl delivery date later this year. The release of the album coincides with a Nada Surf tour featuring Let Go in its entirety.

Since The Long Winters don't play live that often, we gladly share this video with you courtesy of the wonderful KEXP , who hosted a The Long Winters session at the Upstream Music Fest. Plenty of banter, and some songs too.

The Long Winters are playing a rock show at the Upstream Music Festival in Seattle with ALL the amps. The three-day Seattle festival and music summit in and around Pioneer Square has some 300 artists performing. Come and see The Long Winters on Friday May 12.

Barsuk Records has released 'SAD! (A Barsuk Compilation for the ACLU)', a collection of previously unreleased tracks by Barsuk artists covering other Barsuk artists. Available only on Bandcamp, 100% of the proceeds will go to the American Civil Liberties Union, which works in the nation's courts, legislatures and communities to defend and preserve individual working rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and the laws of the United States.

“After the election, our staff felt compelled to speak out in defense of the civil liberties of all Americans,” says Grant McCallum of Barsuk Records. “Helping support the crucial work of the ACLU by releasing these new tracks felt like one way we could make a statement and help, and the artists involved were all excited to donate their work.”

The Long Winters have not released any new music in the past years, but the silence has been broken as they contributed a song to the 30 Days 30 Songs campaign. In this song, written specifically for this project, John Roderick speaks from the perspective of Trump voters in the folk song tradition.

Last year, Brett Terpstra of Systematic interviewed John Roderick about how he became a professional musician. The conversation evolved into a compelling, serialized narrative that couldn't be contained in not just one, nor two, nor even three episodes.

The resulting four-part epic was presented uninterrupted, with the exception of brief transitions from one chapter to the next. Think of The Origin of John Roderick as an improvisational book on tape, with each chapter recorded a few weeks apart.

It's been rather quiet with The Long Winters news since John Roderick announced that he is running for citywide Position 8 on the Seattle City Council. But if you thought this meant John's guitar days are over, think again.

On Thursday July 23 at the fabulous Triple Door, an all-ages rock-show will feature John and co. in the first The Long Winters set in who-knows how long! We'll be joined by the amazing Stereo Embers, as well as other special guests, some of whom we cannot yet speak of.

Join us for a night of Rock n Roll and Postage Awareness, as we celebrate the arrival of everyone's ballots by mail. Let's get them filled out and sent back! For you younger folks we'll be selling "stamps" which are small squares of paper that you affix to your ballot, enabling it to be mailed. Ask your parents.

John Roderick was a guest on Song Exploder, where he talked about his song The Commander Thinks Aloud from the Ultimatum ep, in honor of the last flight of the Columbia. Song Exploder is a podcast hosted by Hrishikesh Hirway, where musicians take apart their songs, and piece by piece, tell the story of how they were made. The interview was recorded with a live audience.